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Many questions are currently being asked about the place of Islam in the modern world. Among these questions the most important one of all sometimes gets lost: Is Islam true?

With his new book author Peter Townsend invites you to accompany him on a journey through the foundational texts of the Muslim religion. In the process the truth-claims of Islam will be respectfully, honestly and impartially evaluated. Along the way the following questions will be asked:

Can the traditional Islamic historical accounts be trusted?

Is the Qur'an a 'Perfect Book, Perfectly Preserved'?

Was Muhammad indeed a 'Beautiful Pattern of Conduct'?

The answers to these questions will not be sought from modern commentaries on Islam. Instead Questioning Islam goes straight to the classic sources of Islam namely the Qur'an, hadiths (traditions) and biographies of Muhammad.

Questioning Islam is not an attempt to promote any other belief system or ideology. Its focus is simply on asking the hard questions about Islam that are all too often ignored or swept under the carpet.

Simply put, if you have ever wondered whether the truth-claims of Islam can withstand critical scrutiny then this book is for you!

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As a Muslim, I was taught that Mohammed was the greatest most perfect person who has ever lived--and will ever live--and his actions are to become the precedent for how we should behave. We are also taught that the Qur'an is the perfect and complete word of God almighty. Both of these claims come under scrutiny in the book to very eye-opening results. The majority of the materials used are the authentic texts from Sunni Islam and this brings much weight to the arguments.

I thought this was a great book and made me seriously question my faith as a Muslim. I would highly recommend it for any Muslim who is in the same boat, or for those who simply want to see what are the arguments against the "perfect" faith of Islam. My only gripe would be that whereas there is an incredible amount of research at hand, I did not find any bibliography or works cited section. This would have been very helpful for those of us who like to verify claims.

Great resourse for developing an understanding of the history and unvarnished basics of Islam. Not the "end all, be all" but a reasonable starting point for a focused view of Islam without the constant comparisons with Judaism and Christianity. Would recommend it for anyone who is resonably open-minded and would like to peal back some of the heresay, rumors and inaccuracies currently circulating.

The author analyses Islamic claims about Quran and prophet Muhammad in a very fair and objective manner. His examination is based on Quran, hadiths and other Islamic sources. He has succeeded in avoiding questioning Islamic faith from the point of view of any other religious worldview orthe beliefs of the atheists. The book follows an objective, scientific,historic and archeological methods of examination. The conclusions of the book is extremely valuable and eye-opening experience to the truth-seeking and open minded people of any religious persuasions.

An excellent book. It quotes chapter and verse from the books hold to be holy in Islam and raises fundamental questions regarding them. Given the present climate when any questioning of Islam is being attacked as Islamophobia, it is important to have a scholarly approach to the subject in order to debate it, whether being labelled as Islamophobe or not.

Found this book to be very easy to read and understand. Would recommend it to anyone interested in Islam. I had been trying to read the Koran for myself as well as other books on the subject. This book confirmed what I had begun to figure out for myself. I still haven't figured out why anyone would follow this so-called religion.

This thoroughly-researched, extremely well-written, and unbiased book explains everything that westerners should know about Islam. Very few people who engage in debates on the Islamic religion have actually read the koran and the hadiths, and they have countless misunderstandings about Islam. This book clears them all up brilliantly and exposes what Islam actually is and what it says.

Holy verses, prayer, fasting, charity, and visiting pilgrimage are five basic pillars of a religion. Since these are common in all religions, it is believed that a religion is basically a life style.

Apart from the religious foundation, it is behaviour of the followers how peaceful is a religion. Now discuss Islam. Considering the suicide bombings in Islamic countries, I think Islam (whatever it maybe earlier) is hijacked by terrorists in the name of Jihad. They love blood, be it of non-muslims or muslims.

Though sometimes it made me feel like a mimicry but I agree with the views expressed by the author based on facts he mentioned.